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influence (sangnya) can cure it? The Lord has said that Gnani's influence will cure this disease. Disease caused by influence of the world will be cured by the influence of the Gnani.
The point 'we' are making is that you get water for your bath, a mattress to sleep on and so many other such necessities even without you worrying or thinking about them, so in the same token money will come to you if you remain natural and spontaneous (sahaj).
How do you think 'we' Gnanis analyze everything? No one has a clue as to how the world functions and runs. A young man will start to worry whether his own beard will grow when his friend's does not. In reality this world is such that there is no need for a person to have any doubts or worries about anything It is a different matter if someone else has a problem, but you are going to be fine for sure. It is a different matter if someone else's beard does not grow, but yours will without a doubt. Every man will grow a beard; it is rare to see a man not grow
religions and four dhyans in Jain religion too, then how can we call it the religion of the vitarag Lords? Aside of these four dhyans, there is not a fifth type of dhyan. Should there not be something extra and special in the religion of the vitarags? A person may ask what this extra thing is and the answer is how many durdhyans have been eliminated? Of the four dhyans, which have you reduced? The Lord will let go if your raudradhyan has stopped and artadhyan still remains. One is said to have attained the vitarag dharma when there is a slight decrease in both artadhyan and raudradhyan.
Questioner : What kind of dhyan is it to think about the future?
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If you ask someone, "Are you going to make money?" he will tell you. "I am certain I will make money and I will lose it too." Neither making money nor losing is under anyone's control so why become preoccupied with it? Why should you ruin your dhyan over it? Money will continue to come and go. It is all under nature's control. Therefore, if you earn one lakh rupees it is under nature's control or if your lose it: it is also under nature's control. If it is not under your control, why meddle in it?
Whatever one does as 'I am Chandulal' (aropit bhaav), he creates bondage and binds karma and until then artadhyan and raudradhyan will not cease. The essence of the Jain religion is to stop artadhyan and raudradhyan. What is the point when people of other religions experience artadhyan and raudradhyan and you as a Jain, do too? Is there not a difference between Jain religion and other religions? If there are four dhyans in other
Dadashri : That falls under artadhyan. A thought of the past that causes problems is artadhyan. If a person thinks about his son who died over a year ago and cries, is artadhyan. A person does artadhyan and raudradhyan during his suffering. Excessive grieving over the loss of an only son will cause one to wander until the end of a kalp. One will have to wander a hundred million (one crore) years.
'We ask the cloth merchants who cheat their customers, "Do you not wish to attain moksha?" They wonder why 'we' ask such a question. So 'we' have to tell them, "What dhyan are you doing when you are cutting the cloth short?" At least understand Lord Mahavir's words about dhyan. What you are doing is raudradhyan. Depriving others, even in the slightest, is raudradhyan. If your customer asks, "What is the price of this terylene cloth?" You may quote him eighteen and a half instead of eighteen, if you want to. Having said so, you have to give the full length. In other words, charge them more but do not give them less material than what they pay for. And even if you don't give them less, even the mere intent of doing so is raudradhyan also. And if you inadvertently give them more than you meant to give, there is no one up there keeping tabs either.
